Session 2010-12
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The Questions Book

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Thursday 26 April 2012

Notes:
* Indicates a Question for Oral Answer.
+ Indicates a Question not included in the random selection process but accepted because the quota for that day had not been filled.
[N] Indicates a Question for Written Answer on a named day, i.e. the Member has indicated under S.O. No. 22(4) the day on which he wishes the Question to be answered.
[R] Indicates that a relevant interest has been declared.

Questions for Oral or Written Answer
beginning on Wednesday 25 April 2012
(the 'Questions Book')

Part 2: Oral and Written Questions from
Thursday 26 April 2012

For Written Questions for answer on the day of issue of this paper, see Part 1 of this paper and the Order Paper.

Questions in this paper are arranged in the following way: date for answer; Oral before Written under each date; date of tabling under each answering date; unstarred and transferred questions followed by answering departments in alphabetical order.

THURSDAY 26 APRIL
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

*2	Jonathan Reynolds (Stalybridge and Hyde): What plans she has to improve air quality.
	(105403)

*3	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105404)

*4	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): What steps she is taking to secure the long-term future of rivers and waterways.
	(105405)

*5	Jonathan Edwards (Carmarthen East and Dinefwr): What meetings she has had with Ministers from the devolved administrations to discuss the European Council meeting on Agriculture and Fisheries on 26 and 27 April 2012.
	(105406)

*6	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): What plans she has to improve air quality.
	(105407)

*7	Mr Michael McCann (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105408)

*8	Bill Esterson (Sefton Central): What recent assessment she has made of the extent of drought.
	(105409)

*9	Henry Smith (Crawley): What recent discussions she has had on the extent of drought; and if she will make a statement.
	(105410)

*10	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105411)

*11	John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington): What plans she has to improve air quality.
	(105412)

*12	Nadhim Zahawi (Stratford-on-Avon): What steps she is taking to ensure that rural communities and businesses are fully engaged with the work of her Department.
	(105413)

*13	Jessica Morden (Newport East): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105414)

*14	John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105415)

*15	Lyn Brown (West Ham): What plans she has to improve air quality in London.
	(105416)

*16	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105417)

*17	Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham): What recent discussions she has had on the extent of drought; and if she will make a statement.
	(105418)

*18	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): What plans she has to improve air quality.
	(105419)

*19	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): What steps her Department is taking to support the food industry and promote food exports.
	(105420)

*20	Mr George Mudie (Leeds East): What her policy is on the control of dangerous dogs and tackling irresponsible dog owners; and if she will make a statement.
	(105421)

At 11.05 am

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1	Henry Smith (Crawley): If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
	(105422)

*2	Lyn Brown (West Ham):
	(105423)

*3	Eric Ollerenshaw (Lancaster and Fleetwood):
	(105424)

*4	Stephen Timms (East Ham):
	(105425)

*5	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion):
	(105426)

*6	Julie Hilling (Bolton West):
	(105427)

*7	Alun Michael (Cardiff South and Penarth):
	(105428)

*8	Robert Flello (Stoke-on-Trent South):
	(105429)

*10	Ann McKechin (Glasgow North):
	(105431)

At 11.15 am

Oral Questions to the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission and the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners

*1	Sajid Javid (Bromsgrove): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the rules relating to neighbourhood planning referendums.
	(105432)

*2	Simon Hughes (Bermondsey and Old Southwark): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church Commissioners have made to HM Treasury on the proposed extension of VAT to approved alterations to listed buildings.
	(105433)

*3	Robert Halfon (Harlow): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of arrangements for the elections for police and crime commissioners in November 2012.
	(105434)

*4	Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has had any discussions with the Deputy Prime Minister on a referendum on the Government's proposed reform of the House of Lords.
	(105435)

*5	John Glen (Salisbury): To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effectiveness of its recent campaign to increase voter registration.
	(105436)

*6	Mr David Nuttall (Bury North): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of the potential cost to the Church of England of the Government's proposals to charge VAT on alterations to listed buildings.
	(105437)

*7	Sarah Newton (Truro and Falmouth): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of the potential cost to the Church of England of the Government's proposals to charge VAT on alterations to listed buildings.
	(105438)

*8	Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of the potential cost to the Church of England of the Government's proposals to charge VAT on alterations to listed buildings.
	(105439)

*9	Richard Graham (Gloucester): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate the Church Commissioners have made of the potential cost to the Church of England of the Government's proposals to charge VAT on alterations to listed buildings.
	(105440)

*10	Fiona Bruce (Congleton): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church Commissioners have made to the Government on the proposed extension of VAT to approved alterations to listed buildings.
	(105441)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the (a) gender, (b) age and (c) ethnic composition was of students admitted to youth and community work degree courses offering Joint Negotiating Committee qualifications in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and (iii) 2011-12.
	(103626)

2 N	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many places were available on degree level youth and community work courses in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and how many places are available in 2012-13.
	(103627)

Notices given on Tuesday 17 April

1 N	Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the honourable Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of the removal of VAT relief on maintenance and restoration of churches, abbeys and cathedrals with listed building status on parochial church councils.
	(104383)

2 N	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police holding cells have been mothballed in the Metropolitan Police area since April 2011.
	(104666)

3 N	Stephen Pound (Ealing North): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holding cells were available to the Metropolitan Police in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(104667)

4 N	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the effect on rates of failure to comply or other breaches of increasing the electronic tag sentence maximum from eight to 16 hours.
	(104631)

5 N	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the effect on rates of failure to comply or other breaches of increasing the electronic tag sentence maximum from six to 12 months.
	(104632)

6 N	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the savings which could be achieved in (a) a full financial year and (b) a Parliament by reducing the number of probation trusts in England and Wales to between six and 10.
	(104633)

7 N	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what savings were made when London Probation was reorganised from five separate areas to one in Greater London in 2000-01.
	(104634)

8 N	Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what have been the savings from the merger of Surrey and Sussex probation trusts in 2011-12.
	(104635)

Notices given on Wednesday 18 April

1 N	Chris Skidmore (Kingswood): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many working days were lost in the NHS due to industrial action in each of the last five years.
	(104781)

Notices given on Thursday 19 April

1
N

Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the take-up of career development loans has been by postgraduate students undertaking postgraduate taught and research degrees in each academic year since 2009-10; how many applications have been received; how many students were granted a loan; what the average loan provided was; and whether his Department has conducted any equality impact assessment of the outcomes of such loans.

(105311)

2 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) EU national and (b) international postgraduate students there have been on (i) taught and (ii) research degrees in each subject in each academic year since 2009-10.
	(105312)

3 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has undertaken to evaluate the anticipated effect on postgraduate numbers, undertaking both postgraduate taught degrees and research degrees arising from changes in student visa regulations.
	(105313)

4 N	Paul Blomfield (Sheffield Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many banks are participating in the career development loan scheme; and what assurances he has received from such banks that the current scheme will continue.
	(105314)

5
N

Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he made of the effect on listed churches of the imposition of VAT on alterations to listed buildings; what proportion of the extra cost to listed churches will be offset by any increases in the funding of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme; and if he will make it his policy to exclude listed places of worship from the imposition of VAT on alteration work.

(105322)

6 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates each of the (a) existing Trident submarines will leave and (b) future Trident submarines will enter service; and if he will make a statement.
	(105319)

7 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the cost difference between (a) prolonging the Astute-class submarine building programme for seven boats and (b) building an eighth boat in the extra period caused by postponing the Trident successor submarine programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(105320)

8 N	Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Navy has the capacity to man more than a seven-boat attack submarine fleet.
	(105321)

9 N	Sir Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage local energy generation for local communities.
	(105318)

10 N	Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will oppose any proposals for the downlisiting of elephant protection within CITES.
	(105317)

11 N	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which vehicles are provided for the use of high commissioners and consuls in each of the Commonwealth countries.
	(105185)

12 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish the Government's liver strategy.
	(105315)

13 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is considering bringing forward proposals to introduce a charge to obtain information under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	(105184)

14 N	Andrew George (St Ives): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has (a) undertaken any review, (b) initiated any action and (c) commenced any consultation on matters of legislation relating to the Duchy of Cornwall or Stannery law in the last five years.
	(105316)

15 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on whether a franchised service operator continues to be charged marginal track access costs when they buy out or take over an open access operator.
	(105323)

16 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the differential in charges is for track access costs between open access operators and those rail companies who are franchised service operators.
	(105324)

17 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many open access operator routes there are in operation in England.
	(105325)

18 N	Craig Whittaker (Calder Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.42 of her Department's publication, Reforming our Railways: Putting the Customer First, whether open access bids that are currently in the pipeline will be given consideration.
	(105353)

Notices given on Monday 23 April

1 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund (a) ranks the bids and (b) provides reasons for the rejection of bids submitted to the Fund when presenting its advice to Ministers.
	(105701)

2 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what methodology the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund uses to assess how bidders to the Fund meet the six criteria specified in the Fund's application form.
	(105702)

3 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund provides recommendations of funding levels to be approved and conditionality that should be applied when presenting its advice to Ministers.
	(105703)

4 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the total cost of the due diligence process on successful bidders from the first two rounds of the Regional Growth Fund.
	(105704)

5 N	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the cost of full implementation of the G-Cloud and the Government Application Store.
	(105598)

6 N	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on plans to consolidate government data centres.
	(105600)

7 N	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data centres the Government maintained in (a) May 2010, (b) March 2011, (c) September 2011 and (d) March 2012.
	(105601)

8 N	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made towards the targets set by the Government in March 2011 to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of government data centres.
	(105602)

9 N	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on the implementation of G-Cloud computing.
	(105603)

10 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2011, Official Report, column 619W, on departmental procurement, if he will publish the Efficiency and Reform Group's analysis of procurement spend.
	(105537)

11 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Big Lottery Fund distributed in total for each purpose in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it expects to distribute in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
	(105687)

12 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 557W, on the National Lottery, how much funding the Big Lottery Fund has allocated for each of its key priorities in 2012-13; and if he will make a statement.
	(105694)

13 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will discuss with his EU counterparts introducing a policy requiring that taxes be paid by companies in countries where their products are made or their services delivered, irrespective of where their ownership is registered.
	(105698)

14 N	Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy that profits made by (a) Amazon and (b) other retailers from book sales in the UK are taxed in the UK and not in another country.
	(105699)

15
N

Mr Michael Meacher (Oldham West and Royton): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what value of assets he has allowed under the conditional exemption scheme for art works in each of the last 20 years; what the level of (a) inheritance tax and (b) capital gains tax foregone by the Exchequer as a result was in each such year; and how many (i) art works, (ii) art collections, (iii) castles, (iv) stately homes, (v) gardens and (vi) landed estates benefitted from such provisions.

(105700)

16 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of banks which offer basic bank accounts; and if he will make a statement.
	(105692)

17 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employers involved in the PAYE real time information pilot use (a) their bank's internet banking platform and (b) a BACS service user number to pay their employees.
	(105610)

18 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the interim solution adopted for real time information for PAYE will allow for reconciliation of information provided by employers with actual sums paid to employees when those employers make payments through internet banking and do not have a BACS service user number.
	(105611)

19 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104663 on risk assessment.
	(105708)

20 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104641 on zero-carbon homes.
	(105709)

21 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104642 on public sector land.
	(105710)

22 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104120 on affordable housing.
	(105711)

23 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104121 on affordable housing.
	(105712)

25 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to encourage (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private landlords to install residual current devices in their properties.
	(105605)

26 N	Mr David Ward (Bradford East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many domestic fires in England were caused by electrical faults in each of the last five years; and what estimate has been made of the cost of such fires to the Fire and Rescue Services.
	(105680)

27 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of female television and film scriptwriters employed in the UK.
	(105606)

28
N

Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost to the public purse was of spending by MOD Bicester on third party logistics organisations in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2011; and what proportion of such spending in each such year was allocated to (i) Palletings, (ii) Hacklings, (iii) Metcalfe Farms Haulage, (iv) Kenyons, (v) Reason Transport, (vi) Andover Transport, (vii) Pertemps agency drivers, (viii) City Sprint, (ix) other private hauliers and (x) other couriers.

(105565)

29 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how long it takes to train an individual to operate STOVL aircraft.
	(105531)

30 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it costs to train an individual to operate STOVL aircraft.
	(105532)

31 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier pilots have been made redundant since May 2010.
	(105533)

32 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Harrier pilots have been redeployed to other duties since May 2010.
	(105534)

33 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel his Department plans to train to operate STOVL aircraft.
	(105535)

34 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to support armed forces couples with children (a) during deployment and (b) at other times since May 2010.
	(105607)

35 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to support armed forces couples with children (a) during deployment and (b) at other times.
	(105608)

36 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many certified child minders his Department employs.
	(105678)

37 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department holds information on (a) serving forces couples and (b) serving forces couples who are deployed at the same time.
	(105682)

38 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school playing fields were sold in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the reasons were for their sale; and if he will make a statement.
	(105696)

39 N	Clive Efford (Eltham): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, under which criteria the sale and development of playing fields at Elliott School Wandsworth was approved; and if he will make a statement.
	(105697)

41
N

Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 April 2012, Official Report, on tackling irresponsible dog ownership, how much of the £50,000 funding for the RSPCA, Battersea Cats and Dogs Home and the Dogs Trust (a) had and (b) had not previously been committed or given to each organisation.

(105684)

42 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 23 April 2012, Official Report, on tackling irresponsible dog ownership, what estimate her Department has made of the likely savings on kennelling costs by police forces as a result of her plans to tackle irresponsible dog ownership.
	(105685)

43 N	Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on ensuring cross-EU compliance with the welfare of laying hens directive.
	(105570)

44
N

Sheryll Murray (South East Cornwall): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the proportion of laying hens which have not been removed from conventional battery cages in (a) Austria, (b) Belgium, (c) Bulgaria, (d) Cyprus, (e) the Czech Republic, (f) Denmark, (g) Estonia, (h) Finland, (i) France, (j) Germany, (k) Greece, (l) Hungary, (m) Ireland, (n) Italy, (o) Latvia, (p) Lithuania, (q) Luxembourg, (r) Malta, (s) the Netherlands, (t) Poland, (u) Portugal, (v) Romania, (w) Slovakia, (x) Slovenia, (y) Spain and (z) Sweden.

(105675)

45 N	Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2012, Official Report, column 155, on Afghanistan, with which women's organisations in Afghanistan the British Embassy is working to ensure women's full participation in forthcoming elections.
	(105508)

46 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on (a) the Abuyeva judgment and (b) other outstanding European Court of Human Rights judgments relating to human rights violations in Chechnya; and if he will make a statement.
	(105679)

47
N

Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer to Lord Walton of Detchant of 26 March 2012, Official Report, House of Lords, column 208WA, on in-vitro diagnostic tests, whether he has any plans to require health institutions to report adverse incidents with in-house pathology tests in the same manner as for commercial pathology tests.

(105530)

48 N	Andy Burnham (Leigh): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget has been spent in the private sector, including contracts awarded to the private sector, since May 2010.
	(105501)

49 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was in the accident and emergency ward at Kings Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.
	(105496)

50 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time was for an operation at Kings Mill Hospital in Nottinghamshire in each of the last three years.
	(105497)

51 N	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he plans to take in respect of food outlets which do not sign up to his Responsibility Deal agreements on calorie labelling.
	(105506)

52 N	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of the top 10 high street restaurant chains have complied with the Responsibility Deal agreement on providing calorie labelling on menus.
	(105507)

53 N	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has for reform of the Care Quality Commission.
	(105503)

54
N

Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) Performance and Capability Review will assess the merits of (a) creating different inspection regimes to reflect the different types of providers inspected and (b) more clearly separating the roles and responsibilities of the former Mental Health Act Commission section of the CQC.

(105560)

55 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inspections of (a) acute and (b) secure mental health facilities were undertaken by the Care Quality Commission in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(105561)

56 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist mental health inspectors were employed by the Care Quality Commission in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	(105562)

57 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, following the announcement of the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) new judgement and enforcement framework, what plans the CQC has to recruit additional inspectors with a specialism in mental health.
	(105563)

58 N	Mr Charles Walker (Broxbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Care Quality Commission has made of its ability to inspect accurately (a) acute and (b) secure mental health services.
	(105564)

59 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in one punch attacks in (i) Nottinghamshire, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
	(105494)

60 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change is in the level of funding which she plans to allocate to youth offending service budgets in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in 2012-13 compared to 2011-12.
	(105495)

61 N	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's response of 22 December 2011 to Freedom of Information request T19647/11, for what reason the Taser statistics for March 2010 to December 2011 have not been published.
	(105538)

62 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been transferred from the UK to each other EU member state under the provisions of the Dublin II Regulation in each year since the Regulation took effect.
	(105594)

66 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been transferred to the UK from each other EU member state under the provisions of the Dublin II Regulation in each year since the Regulation took effect.
	(105599)

67 N	Chi Onwurah (Newcastle Upon Tyne Central): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is a safe country to which to repatriate prisoners; and what the evidential basis is for that assessment.
	(105536)

68 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a ban on all those holding an Israeli passport who live in the Occupied West Bank entering the UK; and if she will discuss with her counterparts in each EU member state introducing such a ban.
	(105707)

69
N

Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Metropolitan Police received in respect of the policing of football matches from (a) Chelsea Football Club, (b) Fulham Football Club, (c) Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, (d) Queens Park Rangers Football Club and (e) Arsenal Football Club in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.

(105693)

70 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the International Crisis Group report on Sri Lanka: Women's Insecurity in the North and East, if he will provide aid to non-governmental organisations in Sri Lanka to assist women who are or are at risk of becoming victims of sexual violence and exploitation.
	(105677)

71 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential economic and employment effects on other ports and communities of permitting turnaround operations at the City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal.
	(105683)

72 N	Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 January 2012, Official Report, column 26WS, on the City of Liverpool Cruise Terminal, whether the Government has sought independent advice on the repayment of public subsidy used to finance the terminal.
	(105686)

73
N

Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of (a) men and (b) women over retirement age (i) did not qualify for a national insurance retirement pension and (ii) drew a reduced retirement pension in each of the last 30 years; what factors in a claimant's contributory record accounted for this; and what assessment he has made of trends in these factors in that period.

(105499)

76 N	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether parents who receive national insurance credits linked to child benefit will no longer receive those credits if their child benefit is withdrawn on the basis of their household income.
	(105504)

77 N	Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, by what means he plans to determine eligibility for national insurance credits linked to child benefit under his proposed changes to child benefit.
	(105505)

78 N	Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that the Government will meet any liabilities in the Remploy Pension Fund.
	(105529)

79 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the cost of extending the New Enterprise Allowance to participants in the work programme; and if he will make a statement.
	(105604)

80 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason a single national fund has been established for wage subsidies payable under the Youth Contract rather than the subsidies being made available on the basis of likely need in each provider's area.
	(105609)

81 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of transitional protection under universal credit in each year up to 2015.
	(105681)

Notices given on Tuesday 24 April

1 N	Claire Perry (Devizes): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to secure the long-term future of rivers and waterways.
	[Question Unstarred] (105402)

2 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of each other European Economic Area member state are legally resident in the UK.
	[Transferred] (105595)

3 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of non-European Economic Area countries are legally resident in the UK other than by virtue of EU law.
	[Transferred] (105596)

4 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many nationals of each other European Economic Area (EEA) member state are legally resident in the UK by virtue of EU law; and how many of these have the right to residence under EU law by virtue of being a family member of a national of another EEA member state.
	[Transferred] (105597)

5 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employee personal pension arrangements were (a) DSS rebated only, (b) DSS and employee contribution based, (c) DSS employee and employer contribution based and (d) another form in each of the last 30 years.
	[Transferred] (105500)

6 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women in employment were members of public sector pension schemes in each of the last 30 years.
	[Transferred] (105502)

7 N	Frank Dobson (Holborn and St Pancras): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of fracking in the UK on the sustainability of water resources.
	[Transferred] (105695)

8 N	Gloria De Piero (Ashfield): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious emergency calls were received by Nottinghamshire Ambulance Service in each of the last three years.
	[Transferred] (105498)

9	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to review the effects of his Department's student fees and funding charge system over time; and if he will publish the arrangements for any such review.
	(106015)

10	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what his policy is on the disposal of assets of significant value by institutions of higher education in receipt of public funding.
	(106016)

11	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many bankruptcies have occurred in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency since May 2010.
	(105923)

12	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on procurement from small and medium-sized enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2010-11.
	(105878)

13	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the outcomes of the UK National Contact Point's determinations.
	(105796)

14	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the work of the UK-Israel Life Sciences Council.
	(105783)

15	Dr Daniel Poulter (Central Suffolk and North Ipswich): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of progress with the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership Regenerative Medicine Initiative.
	(105784)

16	Mr Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to facilitate access to the Australian market for UK pork exporters.
	(105818)

17	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish details of any contracts held by departments with Addison Lee.
	(105959)

18	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of average alcohol comsumption in the UK in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date.
	(106017)

19	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the net change in the number of private sector jobs was in (a) Barnsley East constituency and (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(105865)

20	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what timetable he has set for implementation of the G-Cloud.
	(105879)

21	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of local authorities have placed their contracts on the Government's Contract Finder website.
	(105880)

22	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012 are implemented during new procurement negotiations.
	(105883)

23	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Big Society community organisers were trained in the (a) first and (b) second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105884)

24	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mechanisms does Government Application Store has put in place to provide small and medium-sized businesses with greater access to Government IT contracts.
	(105885)

25	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of people who will participate in the National Citizen Service in 2012.
	(105886)

26	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made in reducing fraud, overdue debt and errors in public procurement; and how much has been saved through such initiatives since May 2010.
	(105887)

27	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to place their procurement contracts on the Government's Contract Finder website.
	(105888)

28	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has assessed the Welsh Government's community benefit policy on public procurement.
	(105889)

29	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Government contracts to small and medium-sized enterprises have been paid late since May 2010 using his Department's standard definition of lateness.
	(105946)

30	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost was of each participant in the National Citizen Service in the (a) first and (b) second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105947)

31	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
	(105814)

32	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families will no longer be entitled to tax credits as a result of the decision in the June 2010 Budget to taper the family element of child tax credit straight after the child element.
	(105961)

33	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Duty Paid tax stamp for spirits in protecting revenue from excise duty since its introduction.
	(105955)

34	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many printers print UK tax paid labels for spirits in (a) the UK and (b) Europe; and how many printers based overseas print such labels.
	(105965)

35	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, by what means spirits manufacturers and label printers inform HM Revenue and Customs when UK tax paid labels for spirits are lost or stolen.
	(105966)

36	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many UK tax paid labels for spirits have been lost or stolen in each financial year between 2005-06 and 2010-11.
	(105967)

37	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department's procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises was in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105874)

38	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105892)

39	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from Vodafone on proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements in India.
	(105999)

40	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with representatives of Vodafone regarding proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements in India.
	(106000)

41	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how often he has met representatives of Vodafone since May 2010.
	(106001)

42	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has made to the government of India on their retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements.
	(106002)

43	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from companies and organisations other than Vodafone in relation to the government of India's proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements.
	(106003)

44	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what meetings he has had with representatives of companies and organisations other than Vodafone on the government of India's proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements.
	(106004)

45	Karen Lumley (Redditch): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in Redditch constituency received the child element of child tax credit in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
	(105810)

46	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential capacity of the Financial Conduct Authority to implement the EU Transparency Directive.
	(105795)

47	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
	(105811)

48	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on betting shops from (a) local authority leaders, (b) the Mayor of London and (c) the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months.
	(106008)

49	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) he and (b) representatives of his Department have had with employees of (i) William Hill, (ii) Ladbrokes, (iii) Paddy Power, (iv) Betfred, (v) Joe Jennings and (vi) representatives of gambling sector trade bodies since May 2010.
	(106009)

50	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the projected population in the Bradford district in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.
	(105802)

51	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on developing a scheme to streamline the pre-qualification questionnaire process for contracts worth over £100,000.
	(105890)

52	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much architects have been charged to register with the Architects Registration Board in each year since 2000.
	(105964)

53	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to prevent the re-housing of vulnerable people from areas of high rental prices to low.
	(105820)

54	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to minimise the risk of fire to (a) elderly and (b) disabled people.
	(105925)

55	Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an impact assessment of (a) the effectiveness of the installation of sprinkler systems in homes in reducing deaths from fire and (b) the cost-effectiveness of retrofitting automatic fire sprinklers in all social housing.
	(105926)

56	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many listed buildings are in community ownership.
	(105788)

Kate Hoey (Vauxhall): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to publish details of (a) the starting time of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games, (b) the time at which the Athletes' Parade is scheduled to start, (c) the time at which the British team will enter the stadium and (d) how many members of the British team are expected to take part in the opening ceremony.

(105927)

58	Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to ensure that costs incurred in the transportation of the Olympic Torch by LOCOG are not disproportionate.
	(105963)

59	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Australian decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan earlier than planned on the UK's stated timetable for withdrawal.
	(106021)

60	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the Foxhound vehicle; and if he will make a statement.
	(105895)

61	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on procurement in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105877)

62	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the percentage of departmental procurement spend going to small and medium-sized enterprises was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(105882)

63	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether RAF personnel who have been made redundant and are liable for reserve service will receive a daily allowance; what the rate of any such daily allowance is; and if he will make a statement.
	(105806)

64	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel who have been made redundant from the service in the last 12 months remain liable for reserve service; for how long this condition will apply; and if he will make a statement.
	(105807)

65	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to review the reserve liability policy for each of the three services; and if he will make a statement.
	(105808)

66	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what thefts there were from his Department's establishments in (a) January, (b) February and (c) March 2012; what the value was of the items taken; and if he will make a statement.
	(105816)

67	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, if he will publish details of the case that resulted in prosecution and conviction; and if he will make a statement.
	(106026)

68	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, how many identified suspected perpetrators faced internal disciplinary action; and what sanctions were applied in each of the last three years.
	(106027)

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, what level of evidence is required to apply internal disciplinary action in cases of suspected theft; who conducts investigations to identify perpetrators; who conducts disciplinary hearings of each case; whether the suspected perpetrator has access to (a) an advocate, (b) legal advice and (c) appeal; and if he will make a statement.

(106028)

70	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with police forces local to RAF, Army and Royal Navy bases about the investigation of crimes on those bases; what protocols have been established for the conduct of investigations; and if he will make a statement.
	(106029)

71	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 527W, on Falkland Islands, how his Department defines (a) campaign medal and (b) service medal; and if he will make a statement.
	(106030)

72	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has saved as a result of the changes in the number of civil servants announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
	(105763)

73	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times Peter Cruddas has been inside Ministry of Defence buildings since May 2010.
	(105764)

74	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of former members of Ghurkha regiments living in the UK have the right to vote in general elections.
	(105765)

75	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all information held by his Department on his Department's policy on Gulf War syndrome.
	(105766)

76	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tablets in nerve agent pre-treatment sets in dealing with soman and sarin.
	(105767)

77	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what equipment he expects to be moved out of Afghanistan in 2012.
	(105768)

78	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated for the change announced in Budget 2012 to the Family Welfare Grant in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
	(105769)

79	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has changed the eligibility criteria for the Family Welfare Grant since March 2012.
	(105770)

80	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date his Department decided to refit HMS Vengeance.
	(105771)

81	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions a Secretary of State has made an official visit to accompany the signing-off of refit work on defence equipment in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(105772)

82	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Minister in his Department attended the meeting at the Canadian Embassy in Washington to discuss the F35 programme.
	(105773)

83	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army personnel were trained to drive fuel tankers in preparation for a strike by tanker drivers.
	(105774)

84	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on preparing army personnel for a strike by fuel tanker drivers; and how much was spent training army personnel to drive fuel tankers.
	(105775)

85	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much it cost his Department to train an individual to drive a fuel tanker in preparation for a strike by fuel tanker drivers.
	(105776)

86	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason he did not make an Oral Statement on Ministry of Defence Police redundancies on 27 March 2012.
	(105777)

87	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals he expects will benefit from 100 per cent council tax relief for members of the armed forces deployed on operations in the next year.
	(105778)

88	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals he expects to be eligible for the changes in the Budget 2012 to the Family Welfare Grant.
	(105779)

89	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the implications for the UK carrier programme were of the meeting at the Canadian Embassy in Washington to discuss the F35 programme.
	(105780)

90	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has issued new guidance on (a) contact between members of the armed forces and parliamentarians and (b) sanctions for any individual found guilty of leaking information.
	(105781)

91	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's policy is on sanctions individuals found guilty of leaking information would face.
	(105782)

92	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish all the material and reports held by his Department on the tablets issued in nerve agent pre-treatment sets.
	(105785)

93	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department expects to spend on its contract with SERCO for Defence Business Services in each of the next three years.
	(105786)

94	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on Gulf War Syndrome.
	(105787)

95	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) his officials and (d) special advisers have met Peter Cruddas; what the purpose was of each such meeting; and when and where each such meeting took place.
	(105800)

96	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with representatives of NATO on the protection and safety of NATO non-combat personnel in Afghanistan after 2014.
	(105864)

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) Mark Bamford, (b) Jean Parmer, (c) Mary Cross, (d) Edwin Healey, (e) Nicholas Jenkins, (f) Alexander Knaster, (g) David Rowland, (h) Michael Farmer, (i) Jonathan Wood, (j) May Makhzoumi, (l) Paul Beecroft, (m) Chris Rokos, (n) Sir Anthony Bamford, (o) Michael Hintze, (p) Paul Ruddock, (q) Michael Freeman, (r) Clara Freeman and (s) Michael Spencer has been inside his Departments buildings since May 2010.

(105953)

Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) officials and (d) special advisers have met (i) Mark Bamford, (ii) Jean Parmer, (iii) Mary Cross, (iv) Edwin Healey, (v) Nicholas Jenkins, (vi) Alexander Knaster, (vii) David Rowland, (viii) Michael Farmer, (ix) Jonathan Wood, (x) May Makhzoumi, (xi) Paul Beecroft, (xii) Chris Rokos, (xiii) Sir Anthony Bamford, (xiv) Michael Hintze, (xv) Paul Ruddock, (xvi) Michael Freeman, (xvii) Clara Freeman and (xviii) Michael Spencer; what the purpose was of each such meeting; and when and where each such meeting took place.

(105954)

99	Mr Nicholas Brown (Newcastle Upon Tyne East): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Ministerial engagements were between 27 March and 16 April 2012.
	(106014)

100	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has raised concerns with the UK Border Agency about its trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes.
	(105992)

101	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department was first notified about the trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes currently being conducted by the UK Border Agency.
	(105993)

102	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes, what assessment his Department has made of the acceptability of exposing children to ionising radiation for non-medical purposes.
	(105994)

103	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason his Department's communications department established the Stakeholder Advocacy Group; and on what date the Group started work.
	(105995)

104	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, why his Department's Stakeholder Advocacy Group was shut down; and on what date it ceased work.
	(105996)

105	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how muchhis Department spent on its Stakeholder Advocacy Group; and how much it spent on re-organising its communications department at the inception and subsequent abolition of that Group.
	(105997)

106	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which schools in Plymouth Unitary Authority have received funding from the pupil premium; and how many pupils in each such school have attracted payment of the pupil premium.
	(105817)

107	Anna Soubry (Broxtowe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his policy is on the future of design and technology for all age groups in schools.
	(105998)

108	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of Germany's decision to build new coal and gas-fired power stations.
	(105805)

109	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance his Department is providing for the development of energy co-operatives.
	(105792)

110	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much her Department spent on procurement from small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105872)

111	Zac Goldsmith (Richmond Park): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take to tackle electric beam trawling by foreign fishing vessels within the 12 nautical miles UK coastal zone.
	(105793)

112	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to update advice offered to UK nationals in or intending to visit Sudan and South Sudan.
	(106019)

113	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will have discussions with the Bahraini authorities on the recent civil disturbances and their reaction to them.
	(106020)

114	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in OPEC countries on fuel prices in the last six months.
	(105956)

115	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105891)

116	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
	(105813)

117	Mr Tom Clarke (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in alcohol consumption over the last 10 years.
	(105924)

118	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how many falls there were at (a) the West Cumberland Hospital and (b) the Cumberland Infirmary in September and October (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011; and what steps he is taking to reduce the number of falls.
	(105861)

119	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many operations have been cancelled by hospitals in Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in the last 12 months.
	(105866)

120	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he had with Ministers in the Home Department on the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes prior to the commencement of that trial on 29 March 2012.
	(105989)

121	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has raised concerns with Ministers in the Home Department about the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes.
	(105990)

122	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has received about the UK Border Agency's trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes.
	(105991)

123	John Pugh (Southport): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether clinical commissioning groups will be liable to pay corporation tax in the event that the legislation envisaged in the Red Book, page 79, is not enacted; and whether current primary care trusts are liable to pay corporation tax.
	(105863)

124	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
	(105815)

125	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to police forces in England of policing anti-social behaviour associated with betting shops.
	(106005)

126	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from Gamcare; and what assessment she has made of such representations in assessing the effect of gambling addiction.
	(106006)

127	John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the cost to the police forces in England of disorder and crime associated with betting shops.
	(106007)

128	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent to date on legal fees relating to proceedings involving Abu Qatada.
	(105951)

129	Mr Mike Hancock (Portsmouth South): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on legal fees in each of the last three years.
	(105952)

130

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which EU measures in justice and home affairs matters falling under the responsibility of her Department the UK has sought to accept after their adoption by the EU; and in which such cases the European Commission or the Council of the EU decided to require the UK to fulfil particular conditions before it could become bound by the relevant EU measure; what those conditions were in each such case; and whether the UK fulfilled them.

(105920)

131	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on which occasions the UK has requested to participate in activities of the EU agency Frontex under Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004; what the activities were; and whether the UK's request was approved or rejected in each such case.
	(105922)

132

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 788W, on suicide, what the names are of the Government-led cross-sector forums seeking to improve practice in the investigation of sudden deaths; what the membership of each such forum is; when she expects the forums to report; and if she will make a statement.

(105794)

133	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an equality impact assessment has been conducted in relation to the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(105941)

134	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she obtained approval from the National Ethics Research Service for the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(105942)

135	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she intends to take to ensure meaningful consent is obtained from young people involved in the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(105943)

136	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many cases young people who were age assessed as aged over 18 were later determined to be under 18 years old in the last 12 months.
	(105944)

137	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for the age assessment dental x-ray pilot.
	(105945)

138	Keith Vaz (Leicester East): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of her Department will take part in the Government's procurement service training academy.
	(105797)

139	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions he and Ministers of his Department had with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Foreign Secretary on the decision to fund an airport in St Helena; and whether the awarding of contracts to build the airport was discussed on any such occasions.
	(105821)

140	Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether he and Ministers of his Department had discussions with Lord Ashcroft on awarding contracts for the construction of (a) an airport and (b) two hospitals in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	(105822)

141	Mr Gregory Campbell (East Londonderry): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps his Department is taking to assist Charities and Aid Groups working in Central and Western Africa to eliminate hunger in the region.
	(106018)

142	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps he is taking to ensure that disabled children are given equal access to schools in the developing world.
	(105860)

143	Tony Cunningham (Workington): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding his Department provided to fund vouchers schemes for private schools in Africa in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(105862)

144	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much his Department spent on procurement in the fourth quarter of 2010-11; and what proportion of this was with small and medium-sized enterprises.
	(105876)

145	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2012, Official Report, column 809W, on mining, what consideration he gave to the Answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, column 61W, on coal mining: Bangladesh, when preparing the answer.
	(106058)

146	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure that the new Victims Code is monitored and enforced.
	(106010)

147	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he will take to ensure in any plans for local commissioning that there is a minimum quality standard in all areas.
	(106011)

148	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of devolved commissioning of victims to police and crime commissioners on the current level of victims services provided.
	(106012)

149	Ann Coffey (Stockport): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will put the new Victims Code on a statutory footing.
	(106013)

150	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons participate in the email a prisoner scheme; what checks are in place at such prisons to monitor such emails; and what estimate he has made of the number of contacts through the scheme each prisoner has had in each of the last three years.
	(105803)

151	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of judges from a working-class background.
	(105804)

152	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the early guilty plea scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	(105809)

153	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been brought before each Crown court in each of the last two years; and how many such cases resulted in a custodial sentence.
	(105893)

154	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been won by (a) employees and (b) employers at each tribunal court in each of the last three years, broken down by category.
	(105894)

155	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number was of previous convictions for being drunk in charge of a vehicle held by an individual convicted of that offence without being sent to prison in each of the last three years; and how many previous criminal convictions each such person had at the point of sentence for that offence.
	(105948)

156	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many burglaries have been committed by people on bail for burglary in each of the last five years.
	(105949)

157	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in (a) the first and (b) the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105875)

158	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Department's procurement expenditure went to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
	(105881)

159

Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which EU measures in justice and home affairs matters falling under the responsibility of his Department the UK has sought to accept after their adoption by the EU; and in which such cases the European Commission or the Council of the EU decided to require the UK to fulfil particular conditions before it could become bound by the relevant EU measure; what those conditions were in each such case; and whether the UK fulfilled them.

(105921)

160	Mr David Ruffley (Bury St Edmunds): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
	(105812)

161	Mr Nigel Dodds (Belfast North): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make an assessment of the value for money of the work of each member of the Parades Commission.
	(105957)

162	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his Department's percentage procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises was in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
	(105873)

163	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contracts her Department holds with Addison Lee.
	(105958)

164	Steve Baker (Wycombe): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of motorcycle MOT tests reveal illegal modification of unrestricted motorcycles.
	(105950)

165

Dan Byles (North Warwickshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Chief Engineer for HS2 Ltd Professor Andrew McNaughton was outlining Government policy in his recent iRail 2012 Distinguished Lecture, Designing High Speed Rail for Britain at the Derby College Roundhouse, on (a) up to 30 trains per hour on HS2 in the future and (b) additional acceleration lines alongside those tracks already planned at the Birmingham Interchange Station to allow future HS2 trains to get up to speed before joining the main track; and if she will make a statement.

(105819)

166	Philip Davies (Shipley): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the levels of congestion on the roads in Shipley constituency.
	(105801)

167	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an estimate of (a) the value of metal stolen from railways in Barnsley in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 and (b) costs incurred by (A) Network Rail and (B) train operating companies owing to the theft of metal from railways in the Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in (1) 2010 and (2) 2011.
	(105870)

168	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what savings will accrue to the public purse from the abolition of savings credit for new pensioners in each fiscal year from 2015-16 to 2019-20.
	(105919)

169	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the size of saving that would be made by the introduction of a seven-year minimum qualifying rule for the new flat-rate state pension in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20.
	(105960)

170	Ian Austin (Dudley North): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many new pensionsers will no longer be entitled to savings credit once it is abolished for new pensioners in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.
	(105962)

171	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people normally resident in Barnsley East constituency were prosecuted for offences relating to fraudulent claims for jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years.
	(105867)

172

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been successfully placed in jobs by work programme contractors in Barnsley East constituency in each of the last three months; and how many people claiming employment and support allowance have been referred into the work programme in Barnsley East constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

(105868)

173	Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in (i) Barnsley East constituency and (ii) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough in the latest period for which figures are available.
	(105869)

174

Michael Dugher (Barnsley East): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many working-age households in (a) Barnsley East constituency and (b) Barnsley Metropolitan Borough were in receipt of benefits that totalled more than his proposed benefit cap under the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, excluding those households which are exempted, in the latest period for which figures are available.

(105871)

175	Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the Child Support Agency's assessed caseload who are in employment pay their child maintenance liabilities via a deduction from earnings order.
	(105789)

176	Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the financial circumstances of Child Support Agency-assessed cases where the non-resident parent is not employed.
	(105790)

177	Oliver Heald (North East Hertfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of Child Support Agency cases where maintenance is paid via the Agency it is done so by (a) direct debit, (b) a deduction from earnings order and (c) a deduction order.
	(105791)

178	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much child support arrears are owed by non-resident parents to parents with care, by parliamentary constituency, in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	(106022)

179

Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the special teams established by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in 2010 to target historic child maintenance arrears, what work those teams have undertaken since their establishment to reduce historic arrears; and what assessment he has made of their success to date in collecting arrears owed.

(106023)

180	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much is outstanding in child maintenance payments, and by how many people, in respect of sums owed to (a) the Secretary of State and (b) parents with care, broken down by cases dealt with under (i) the CSCS computer systems, (ii) the CS2 computer system and (iii) off-main-systems arrangements.
	(106024)

181	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average non-resident parent child maintenance debt is that is owed to (a) parents with care and (b) the Secretary of State.
	(106025)

182

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's impact assessment under-occupation of social housing, whether the application of private rented sector size criteria to the social rented sector will include the criterion that an individual under 35 years should live in a property with shared facilities; what discussions he has had on the extension of this aspect of private rented sector size criteria to the social rented sector; and if he will make a statement.

(106053)

183	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2012, Official Report, column 848W, which organisations and interests are represented in the membership of the Business and IT Solutions Steering Group; for what reason local authorities are represented; and if he will make a statement.
	(106057)

MONDAY 30 APRIL
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

*1	Guy Opperman (Hexham): What steps he is taking to promote the refurbishment of empty and vacant homes in Northumberland.
	(105713)

*2	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	(105714)

*3	Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of council tax benefit localisation on low-income families.
	(105715)

*4	Mr Kevin Barron (Rother Valley): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	(105716)

*5	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	(105717)

*6	Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West): What steps he is taking to devolve political power to cities.
	(105718)

*7	Mr Adrian Sanders (Torbay): What steps he is taking to simplify the regulation of private landlords.
	(105719)

*8	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on whether a precedent exists for a property bond to be established for homeowners whose properties are affected by High Speed 2.
	(105720)

*9	Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge): What recent discussions he has had on funding for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority.
	(105721)

*10	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	(105722)

*11	Lorraine Fullbrook (South Ribble): What steps his Department is taking to support local high streets.
	(105723)

*12	Seema Malhotra (Feltham and Heston): What recent assessment he has made of the rate of house building.
	(105724)

*13	Debbie Abrahams (Oldham East and Saddleworth): What recent assessment he has made of the rate of house building.
	(105725)

*14	Grahame M. Morris (Easington): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	(105726)

*15	Mr Graham Allen (Nottingham North): What his policy is on taking localism further towards independence of local government.
	(105727)

*16	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): What contribution to economic growth he expects his planning reforms to deliver.
	(105728)

*17	Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry): What criteria he uses when calling in or recovering planning applications; and if he will make a statement.
	(105729)

*18	Julie Hilling (Bolton West): What assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
	(105730)

*19	Jane Ellison (Battersea): What estimate his Department has made of the change in the Greater London Authority precept on council tax bills since the establishment of the Authority.
	(105731)

*20	Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering): Which non-metropolitan county council has the lowest council tax in England.
	(105732)

*21	Claire Perry (Devizes): What steps he is taking to promote the refurbishment of empty and vacant homes.
	(105733)

*22	Graham Evans (Weaver Vale): What plans he has to promote the take-up of the right to buy.
	(105734)

*23	Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne): Whether he plans to increase the powers of local authorities to tackle unauthorised development.
	(105735)

*24	Kerry McCarthy (Bristol East): What support his Department has given to local authorities to raise awareness of mayoral referendums on 3 May.
	(105736)

*25	Stephen Lloyd (Eastbourne): What assessment he has made of the role of the private rented sector in the provision of low-cost housing.
	(105737)

At 3.15 pm

Topical Questions to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

The Members listed below have been selected by ballot to ask a Topical Question.

*1	Andrew Stephenson (Pendle): If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
	(105738)

*2	Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green):
	(105739)

*3	Mr Edward Timpson (Crewe and Nantwich):
	(105740)

*4	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan):
	(105741)

*5	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak):
	(105742)

*6	Fiona Bruce (Congleton):
	(105743)

*7	Mark Menzies (Fylde):
	(105744)

*8	Tony Lloyd (Manchester Central):
	(105745)

*9	Grahame M. Morris (Easington):
	(105746)

*10	Richard Graham (Gloucester):
	(105747)

Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency were assessed for a special educational needs statement in 2011-12; and how many of these were (a) provided with and (b) refused a statement.
	(103555)

2 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency are on a waiting list for an assessment for a special educational needs statement.
	(103556)

3 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish quality standards for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
	(103733)

Notices given on Monday 16 April

1 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what specific guidance and support he expects clinical commissioning consortia should receive to ensure that they commission an appropriate range of services for people with autism.
	(103760)

2 N	John Stevenson (Carlisle): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of secondary school headteachers are (a) male and (b) female.
	(104140)

Notices given on Tuesday 17 April

1 N	Dr Phillip Lee (Bracknell): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to ensure GPs communicate the changes to health and social care to NHS patients.
	(104389)

Notices given on Thursday 19 April

2 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of pupils achieved five GCSE A* to C grades including mathematics and English in schools (a) without and (b) with sixth forms in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
	(105117)

3 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) cost and (b) administrative burden of a voluntary, any time opt-out from the Automatic Enrolment Regulations for temporary workers; and what steps his Department has taken to minimise the administrative obligations for (i) agency workers and (ii) agencies.
	(105232)

4 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the competitiveness of the agency worker industry of the staged implementation scheme for the Automatic Enrolment Regulations.
	(105233)

5 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to (a) monitor the impact of the Automatic Enrolment Regulations on the competitiveness and flexibility of the agency worker industry and (b) review the provisions of the Regulations once their effect has been evaluated.
	(105234)

Notices given on Monday 23 April

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to introduce a Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill.
	(105542)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to include in his Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill legislative proposals to give the adjudicator the power to fine supermarkets.
	(105543)

3 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will respond to the findings of the British Chambers of Commerce's trade survey entitled Exporting is Good for Britain: Skills.
	(105509)

4 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the survey by the British Chambers of Commerce entitled Exporting is Good for Britain: Social Connections, what steps his Department plans to take to encourage collaboration and networking of UK businesses with international partners.
	(105510)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people waited more than 24 hours to receive prescription medication due to medicine stock shortages in (a) Coventry and (b) England in March 2012.
	(105539)

6 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that UK medicine stocks are protected from the effects of international economic factors.
	(105540)

7 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Euro exchange rate fluctuations on medicine stock shortages in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	(105541)

8 N	Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received by the UK Border Agency from passengers arriving at UK airports about the length of the queues they experienced in each of the last three years.
	(105688)

9 N	Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many loans under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures have been submitted to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Board since September 2011 related to projects in Argentina; and on what dates any such loans were made.
	(105566)

10
N

Derek Twigg (Halton): To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what dates he expects (a) submissions to be made on International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) projects in Argentina, (b) votes on projects involving Argentina to take place in the IBRD and (c) meetings of the IBRD Board to be held under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures on such projects.

(105567)

Notices given on Tuesday 24 April

1 N	Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the changes to VAT for caravans on (a) Humberside and (b) other sub-regional economies.
	[Transferred] (105235)

2 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent progress he has made on the state aid application for the Green Investment Bank.
	(106039)

3 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will establish a Groceries Adjudicator with powers to impose fines on supermarkets and to launch investigations on the basis of evidence presented by third-sector organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	(106047)

4 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105834)

5 N	Mr Stewart Jackson (Peterborough): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many live births occurred of infants with (a) spina bifida, (b) hydrocephalus and (c) other neural tube defects in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
	(105896)

6 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on establishing the Behavioural Sciences Unit; and how much his Department has budgeted for the future costs of the Unit.
	(105838)

7 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how many small mortgage brokers have surrendered their licences and withdrawn from mortgage business in the last year.
	(105975)

8 N	Mr Brian H. Donohoe (Central Ayrshire): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many small mortgage brokers are currently licensed to trade.
	(105976)

9 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on how many occasions his special adviser Rupert Harrison has (a) met and (b) exchanged emails with Graham McWilliam of BSkyB in the last two years.
	(105968)

10 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what representations he has received from (a) English Heritage and (b) the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings on VAT.
	[R] (105969)

11 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, on which dates his special adviser Rupert Harrison has received or sent emails relating to official business, from any email account, to any representative or senior employee of (a) News Corp, (b) BSkyB and (c) any other company owned by Rupert Murdoch in the last two years.
	(105970)

12 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish all emails between representatives of (a) News Corp and (b) BSkyB and special advisers in his Department in the last two years.
	(105971)

13 N	Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with UK Financial Investments Ltd on implications for the public purse of LIBOR investigations.
	(105934)

14 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will set out the amounts transferred by Ofgem to the consolidated fund under section 1 of the Civil List Act 1952 for each year from 2009 to 2011.
	(105831)

15 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has placed conditions on the £200 million additional funding allocated to the Department for Energy and Climate Change for the introduction of the Green Deal; and what any such conditions are.
	(105832)

16 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 93236, on localising support for council tax benefit.
	(106055)

17 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 97985, on training of town and parish councillors.
	(106056)

18 N	Hilary Benn (Leeds Central): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to answer Question 104978, on the Local Authority Pension Scheme.
	(106059)

19 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation document of November 2010, what plans he has to introduce local fee setting for planning applications; and what his projected timetable is for laying before Parliament any secondary legislation that may be required.
	(106044)

20 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on national fees for planning applications for 2012-13; whether any such fees will be index-linked for inflation; and if he will make a statement.
	(106045)

21 N	Mr Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to conduct annual reviews of the amount charged as part of national fees regulations in planning applications.
	(106046)

22 N	Tessa Jowell (Dulwich and West Norwood): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, when his Department intends to publish the report by the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority on the business benefits of the London 2012 construction project.
	(106033)

23 N	John Mann (Bassetlaw): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the extent to which emails between Frederic Michel and representatives of his Department have breached Office of Fair Trading guidance in the last two years.
	(105972)

24 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, how many tickets and in what sports have not yet been sold via the (a) UK ticketing process and (b) overseas ticketing processes for the London 2012 (i) Olympics and (ii) Paralympics; and if he will make a statement.
	(105980)

25 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, what estimate the London 2012 Organising Committee has made of the number of purchasers of undelivered tickets for the London 2012 Olympics they may have to contact in order to ensure that purchasers receive their tickets in time; and if he will make a statement.
	(105981)

26 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the unit cost of the F35B aircraft.
	(105852)

27 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what contracts have been awarded by his Department relating exclusively to the conversion of the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration since May 2010; and what the value was of each contract.
	(105853)

28 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what items have been ordered by his Department relating exclusively to the conversion of the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration since May 2010; and what the value was of each item.
	(105854)

29 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on feasibility studies on conversion of the aircraft carrier to a CATOBAR configuration since May 2010.
	(105856)

30 N	Mr Jim Murphy (East Renfrewshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on preparation for the installation of catapult and arrestor gear to (a) the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier and (b) the Prince of Wales aircraft carrier since May 2010.
	(105857)

31 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the E-3D Sentry fleet will return to non-operational routine flying.
	(105930)

32 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the airborne assets required to protect the airspace around London during the Olympics.
	(105931)

33 N	Angus Robertson (Moray): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what role the E-3D Sentry will have in monitoring the airspace around London during the Olympics.
	(105932)

34 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress he has made on the Defence Rotary Wing Capability Study; and if he will make a statement.
	(105898)

35 N	Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the likely per plane maintenance cost of the (a) F35C and (b) F35B in (i) five and (ii) 10 years from the anticipated in-service date of each.
	(105909)

36 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department gave permission for the age assessments dental x-ray pilot currently being conducted by the UK Border Agency.
	(106038)

37 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105835)

38 N	Steve Rotheram (Liverpool, Walton): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has undertaken an impact assessment on the effect of the introduction of the pupil premium on the number of free school meal claimants in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England.
	(105844)

39 N	Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much pupil premium funding was received (a) in South West Bedfordshire and (b) by Central Bedfordshire Council in 2011-12; and how many pupils attracted this funding.
	(105842)

40 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department were working on (a) Green Deal and (b) Energy Company Obligation on (i) 1 May 2010, (ii) 1 November 2010, (iii) 1 May 2011, (iv) 1 November 2011 and (v) 1 April 2012.
	(106040)

41 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will cap the number of Green Deal packages allowed to be taken out during the controlled launch period of the Green Deal; and what any such cap will be.
	(106041)

42 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many officials in his Department have taken up secondments to outside organisations; what the length of each secondment was; what the cost to the Department of each secondment was; and what the name of the organisation and the location of each secondment was.
	(106042)

43 N	Luciana Berger (Liverpool, Wavertree): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Green Deal packages that will be taken out between 1 October 2012 and 31 December 2022.
	(106043)

44 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 618W, on Ofgem, how many staff received bonuses in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011 in excess of (i) £1,489, (ii) £2,267, (iii) £5,000, (iv) £10,000, (v) £20,000 and (vi) £50,000.
	(106031)

45 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 618W, on Ofgem, what the largest amount paid to any individual member of staff as a bonus was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
	(106032)

46 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 612W, on carbon emissions, how the Carbon Saving Communities Obligation will be different to (a) the Community Energy Saving Programme and (b) the Carbon Emission Reduction Target.
	(106051)

47 N	Caroline Flint (Don Valley): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 612W, on carbon emissions, when he expects to publish his response to the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation consultation.
	(106052)

48 N	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any new power station commencing construction before the first allocation of capacity contracts for the British electricity market will be treated as a new plant for the purposes of the capacity market.
	(105824)

49 N	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the electricity market reform will mean new and existing plants are treated differently in the capacity market; and if he will make a statement.
	(105825)

50 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on the contract for difference feed-in tariffs taking account of risk allocation and financeability in the (a) strike price and (b) terms of the contract.
	(105848)

51 N	Martin Horwood (Cheltenham): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Written Ministeral Statement of 18 October 2010, on national policy statements, whether it is his policy that contracts for difference feed-in tariffs would have a single technology-neutral strike price and standard technology-neutral terms and conditions.
	(105900)

52 N	Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of arrangements for access to the (a) feed-in tariff and (b) Renewable Heat Incentive schemes that customers will have to provide a proportion of money to fund a microgeneration installation within the Green Deal.
	(105830)

53 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had on the (a) possible effect of fracking on local water supplies and (b) potential effect of current or future drought restrictions on the viability of shale gas extraction; and if she will make a statement.
	(105897)

54
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will undertake a comparative assessment of the (a) level of consumer bills and (b) performance at meeting leakage targets of water companies that are (i) privately-owned and pay dividends to shareholders and (ii) owned by their customers via a social enterprise not-for-profit model; and if she will make a statement.

(105908)

55 N	Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) steps taken by and (b) the powers of Ofwat to (i) ensure water companies meet leakage targets, (ii) enable householders to save water and (iii) maintain water bills at affordable rates; and if she will make a statement.
	(105910)

56 N	Sir Bob Russell (Colchester): To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make representations to the government of Belgium to enable owners of UK leisure craft to use port facilities without fear of prosecution when the vessels are powered by red diesel purchased in the UK in accordance with UK tax regulations; and if she will make a statement.
	(105928)

57 N	Graham Jones (Hyndburn): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the situation in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
	(105841)

58 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Afghanistan on the number of women imprisoned for zina in Afghanistan since 2005; and if he will make a statement.
	(106048)

59 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 492W, on Afghanistan, if he will work with the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission to examine the increase in the number of women being arrested and imprisoned for zina in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
	(106049)

60 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to extend the Middle East and North Africa regional component of the National Action Plan beyond the six countries detailed in the February 2012 revision of the National Action Plan; and if he will make a statement.
	(106050)

61 N	Mr John Spellar (Warley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with countries in sub-Saharan Africa on the prevention of female genital mutilation of girls from the UK.
	(105904)

62 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the initiation of infringement proceedings by the Committee of Ministers under Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
	(105973)

63 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that primary care trusts consult independent nursing homes when making changes to their payment terms for funded nursing care payments.
	(105977)

64 N	Adam Afriyie (Windsor): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has recently had discussions with Buckinghamshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) about changes to its payment terms for funded nursing care payments; and whether he has made an assessment of the subsequent impact on cash-flow for independent nursing homes receiving payments from Buckinghamshire PCT.
	(105978)

65 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Dilnot Report.
	(105849)

66 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what checks are made on whether an applicant to register with a GP is entitled to NHS care.
	(105929)

67 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse has been of programmes providing support for men with mental health problems between the ages of 21 and 27 in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	(105905)

68 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department gave approval for the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106037)

69
N

Teresa Pearce (Erith and Thamesmead): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1106W, on epilepsy: health services, what information (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excelence holds on compliance with the recommendation that a review by an epilepsy specialist should take place within two weeks of presentation.

(105899)

70 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105837)

71 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of spinal muscular atrophy among health care professionals and the public.
	(105826)

72 N	Jo Swinson (East Dunbartonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will give consideration to routinely offering blood tests to all pregnant women to test for the presence of spinal muscular atrophy and genetic abnormalities.
	(105827)

73
N

Caroline Lucas (Brighton, Pavilion): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applications for leave to remain as a student under Tier 4 of the Points Based System have been completed in under four weeks from the date biometric data is taken in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the average time is (a) between initial submission of an application and an applicant's biometric data being taken, (b) between an applicant's biometric data being taken and notification of the final decision and (c) for processing applications fast-tracked on compassionate grounds.

(105986)

74 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police forces local to RAF, Army and Royal Navy bases about the investigation of crimes on those bases; what protocols have been established for the conduct of investigations; and if she will make a statement.
	(106054)

75 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the (a) Equality and Human Rights Commission, (b) Department of Health, (c) Department for Education and (d) National Ethics Research Service about the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106034)

76 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from (a) medical experts, (b) children's welfare organisations and (c) other departments about the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106035)

77 N	Lisa Nandy (Wigan): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has sought legal advice on the legality of the age assessments dental x-ray pilot.
	(106036)

78 N	Rachel Reeves (Leeds West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by her Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
	(105836)

79 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the services provided to asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and what plans she has to improve interagency and intersectoral working in respect of refugees and asylum seekers.
	(105828)

80 N	Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representation there is on the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum from (a) departments and non-departmental public bodies and (b) voluntary and community sector representatives based in Northern Ireland.
	(105829)

81
N

Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference are for her Department's co-ordianting group referred to in Section 3.9 of the Northern Ireland Racial Equality Strategy; what the date has been of each meeting of that group since March 2009; what agenda items were discussed at each meeting; which departments or non-departmental public bodies attended each meeting; and which voluntary and community sector representatives attended each meeting.

(105933)

82 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police spent on hotels in 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
	(105979)

83 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of recruiting the new Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and if she will make a statement.
	(105982)

84 N	Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Metropolitan Police spent on first-class train tickets in 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
	(105983)

85 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how he monitors the effectiveness of police training provided through his Department's Justice for All programme.
	(105839)

86 N	Ian Lucas (Wrexham): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which countries his Department's Justice for All programme has provided police training since November 2010.
	(105840)

87
N

Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of unregistered interpreters illegally working in Crown and magistrates' courts in the last five years; and what assessment his Department has made of the possibility of a miscarriage of justice in each case which such an interpreter provided interpretation for.

(105833)

88 N	Alex Cunningham (Stockton North): To ask the Prime Minister, whether he will bring forward legislative proposals in the new Session of Parliament to place on a statutory basis the Government's commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on overseas aid.
	(105974)

89 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has given to the Rail Fares and Ticketing Review on the closure of ticket offices.
	(105915)

90 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies have been given permission by her Department to close ticket offices in the latest period for which figures are available; and in respect of which stations such permission has been given.
	(105916)

91 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which train operating companies have made requests to (a) close and (b) reduce opening hours at station ticket offices in the latest period for which figures are available; and in respect of which stations such applications have been made.
	(105917)

92 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent communications have taken place between her Department and London Midland on the closure of station ticket offices; and on what dates such communications took place.
	(105984)

93 N	Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether decisions on the closure of station ticket offices are taken by her Department or by train operating companies.
	(105985)

94 N	Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the written Answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1061W, how many (a) training and (b) flying hours are flown by crews in search and rescue services provided by the RAF; and if she will make a statement.
	(105907)

95 N	Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to encourage transport authorities to consult on the introduction of voluntary partnerships or quality contracts; and if she will make a statement.
	(105843)

96 N	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the March 2009 IT contract agreed between the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and Tata Consultancy Services, what links to other IT systems were required to be built into the new IT system for the future statutory child maintenance system; and which those systems were.
	(105987)

97 N	Mr Richard Bacon (South Norfolk): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what changes or additions have been made to the IT contract agreed between the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and Tata Consultancy Services in 2009; and what the extra cost to his Department has been of any such changes or additions.
	(105988)

98 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies operating under the National Apprenticeship Service are incentivised to hire apprentices after their training is complete.
	(105901)

99 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to monitor the treatment of apprentices taking part in an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.
	(105902)

100 N	Annette Brooke (Mid Dorset and North Poole): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what statistics his Department holds on rates of employment for those finishing an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service.
	(105903)

101 N	Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department plans to publish the findings of the trial audio recording of medical interviews conducted by ATOS in April 2011.
	(105913)

102 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that annuity brokers should only receive fees from the prospective annuitant and prohibit all payments to annuity brokers by annuity providers and their agents.
	(105911)

103 N	Mr Frank Field (Birkenhead): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that application fees charged to prospective annuitants seeking an enhanced or impaired life annuity are subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
	(105912)

104 N	Kate Green (Stretford and Urmston): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has to charge for the collection of old child maintenance arrears which have accumulated under the previous two child support schemes when fees to use the new statutory child maintenance system are introduced from July 2013.
	(105823)

105 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, to which benefits and other forms of social assistance the right-to-reside test is applied; and what representations he has received from the European Commission on the application of the test.
	(105846)

106 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had on assisting the Child Support Agency to trace non-UK citizens who are non-resident parents of children in the UK.
	(105847)

107
N

Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many nationals of countries outside the EEA were receiving social security benefits from the UK, other than by virtue of EU law in the latest period for which figures are available; and how much was paid out to those persons other than under any entitlements under EU law broken down by type of benefit.

(105914)

108 N	Andrea Leadsom (South Northamptonshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many foreign nationals received social security benefits by virtue of EU law in the latest period for which figures are available, broken down by nationality; and how much was paid to persons of each nationality, broken down by type of benefit.
	(105918)

109
N

Mrs Madeleine Moon (Bridgend): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written Answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 467W, on what dates he has met representatives of the (a) National Landlords Association and (b) Residential Landlords Association to discuss direct payment of housing benefit to tenants under universal credit; and if he will make a statement.

(105906)

110
N

Priti Patel (Witham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the proposal from the European Commission for a Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Association Council set up by the agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Turkey with regard to the provisions on the co-ordination of social security systems, COM(2012) 152 final; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect on the UK of this decision.

(105845)

111 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the limit in the Budget of £2.5 billion on the additional cost of universal credit from 2015-16 will be based on forecast AME expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
	(105850)

112 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how he proposes local authorities will obtain tax credit and child benefit information to deliver the household benefit cap for families not receiving universal credit.
	(105851)

113 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the statutory maternity pay caseload in each of the next five years.
	(105855)

114 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what monthly data his Department will receive during HM Revenue and Custom's pilot of PAYE real time information.
	(105858)

115 N	Stephen Timms (East Ham): To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessment decisions have been subject to compulsory reconsideration before appeal; and what the outcomes of such reconsiderations have been.
	(105859)

TUESDAY 1 MAY Questions for Written Answer

Notices given between Wednesday 28 March and Friday 13 April

1 N	Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the European Criminal Records Information System to ensure that British citizens are treated in the same way as other residents of EU member states; and what safeguards have been put in place in this respect.
	(103557)

Notices given on Monday 23 April

1 N	Mr Adrian Bailey (West Bromwich West): To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) higher education maintenance grants, (b) tuition fee loans and (c) maintenance loans went to students over the age of 24 years in (i) the 2011-12 academic year to date and (ii) each of the previous three academic years.
	(105544)

Notices given on Tuesday 24 April

1 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has conducted or plans to conduct an investigation into the misselling of interest rate swap agreements by banks in the UK.
	(105936)

2 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with the Financial Ombudsman on the number of small and medium-sized enterprises or their owners that have submitted complaints to the Financial Ombudsman in (a) Coventry and (b) England in the last month.
	(105937)

3 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any medium-sized enterprises or their owners that have submitted complaints to the Financial Ombudsman in the last month have had their complaint upheld.
	(105938)

4 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) legal and (b) illegal Traveller sites there are in Coventry South constituency.
	(105940)

5 N	Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South): To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has given consideration to introducing a personalised medicine approach for cancer treatment.
	(105939)

6 N	Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice she has issued to local high authorities on the potential benefits of making greater utilisation of traffic activated traffic lights rather than those set on a time sequence, especially during non-peak hours; and if she will make a statement.
	(105935)

WEDNESDAY 2 MAY
Questions for Oral Answer

Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

*1	John Stevenson (Carlisle): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on economic development.
	(105748)

*2	Simon Hart (Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire): What assessment he has made of progress on the deployment of high speed broadband in Northern Ireland.
	(105749)

*3	Julian Smith (Skipton and Ripon): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on economic development.
	(105750)

*4	Gareth Johnson (Dartford): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on dealing with the legacy of the past.
	(105751)

*5	Henry Smith (Crawley): What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(105752)

*6	Mr Mark Spencer (Sherwood): What assessment he has made of opportunities for the creative industries in Northern Ireland.
	(105753)

*7	Jack Lopresti (Filton and Bradley Stoke): What recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	(105754)

*8	Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West): What recent progress he has made in talks with party leaders in Northern Ireland on dealing with the legacy of the past.
	(105755)

*9	Bob Blackman (Harrow East): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
	(105756)

*10	Stephen McPartland (Stevenage): What assessment he has made of progress on the deployment of high speed broadband in Northern Ireland.
	(105757)

*11	Angie Bray (Ealing Central and Acton): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
	(105758)

*12	Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on economic development.
	(105759)

*13	Naomi Long (Belfast East): What discussions he has had with the management of IAG on the future of flights between Belfast City and Heathrow since its take-over of bmi.
	(105760)

*14	Neil Carmichael (Stroud): What assessment he has made of progress on the deployment of high speed broadband in Northern Ireland.
	(105761)

*15	Alun Cairns (Vale of Glamorgan): What discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on welfare reform.
	(105762)

Prepared 25th April 2012

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